List of governors of Kingston upon Hull explained

Below is a list of those who have held the office of Governor of Kingston upon Hull:

Governors of Kingston upon Hull

• 1536: John Hallam
• 1546–1552: Sir Michael Stanhope (beheaded, 1552)
• ?-1639: Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet
• 1639–1641: Sir Thomas Glemham^[1]
• 1642–?: William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (Royalist)
• 1642–?1645: Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet (Parliamentary) (beheaded by Parliament, 1645)
• 1645: Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (Parliamentary)^[2]
• 1645: Sir Thomas Fairfax (Parliamentary)^[2] Robert Overton served as his nominee until 1648;
• 1648–1654: Robert Overton (arrested for his alleged involvement in the Wildman conspiracy)
• 1655-1659: Henry Smith^[2]
• 1659: Robert Overton^[2]
• 1660–1661: Charles Fairfax
• 1661–1673: John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse
• 1673–1679: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
• 1679–1682: John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave
• 1682–1687: Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth
• 1687–1689: Marmaduke Langdale, 2nd Baron Langdale
• 1689–1699: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
• 1699–1711: John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• 1711–1715: Richard Sutton
• 1715–1721: Rich Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine
• 1721–1725: Thomas Stanwix
• 1725–1732: George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley
• 1732–1738: Edward Montagu
• 1738–1740?: Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough
• 1740–1741: James Dormer
• 1743–1766: Harry Pulteney
• 1766–1785: Philip Honywood
• 1785–1794: James Murray
• 1794–1795: George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
• 1795–1801: William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt
• 1801–1808: John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde
• 1808–1813: Sir William Medows
• 1813–1814: Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond
• 1814–1830: Rowland Hill, 1st Baron Hill
• 1830–1843: William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart

Lieutenant-Governors of Hull

• 1645–1648: Robert Overton
• 1711–1714: Bernard Granville^[3]
• 1749–1782: Lord Robert Manners
• 1782–1789: William Cashell
• 1789–1801: Thomas Jones
• 1801–1816: Francis Cunynghame
• 1816–1854: Sir Charles Wade Thornton

References

• The London Gazette

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hull 1600 – 1641 – The Stuarts – Old Hull. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161002104121/http://oldhull.co.uk/hull-1600/. 2 October 2016.
2. Web site: Hull in the 16th and 17th centuries | British History Online.
3. Web site: GRANVILLE, Bernard II (c.1670-1723), of Coulston, Wilts. and Poland Street, Westminster. History of Parliament. 10 March 2019.